At least during this period, the so-called Hu aircraft carrier was only slightly practical. The maritime overlords of this era were still battleships, not those later maritime overlord aircraft carriers.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this reason that although people have given certain importance to aircraft carriers, they have never been able to compare with battleships.

Then, the question arises...

That is, there are many people in the navy today who share the same view, that although aircraft carriers have certain functions, they cannot compare with battleships in any case.

In fact, seriously, the research on aircraft carriers of national defense and naval forces during this period was far stronger than that of other countries. After all, there is a leader in this country who attaches great importance to aircraft carriers, namely Yan Shao.

With Yan Shao's emphasis on aircraft carriers, the government had already begun to study the matter of boarding aircraft as early as the establishment of the National Social Security Government, and before the end of World War I, the first warship with full straight-to-deck was built. This warship was improved on a large cruiser that was about to be retired.

In order to do this, the Navy demolished the entire superstructure of the cruiser and modified the original cruiser into a warship with only a full-thread deck. There was not even a single island. Such an aircraft carrier was obviously unqualified in later generations, but in such an era, such a warship was so new.

It should be noted that although it was a large cruiser, it was only relative to the National Defense Forces. After all, a cruiser of about 3,000 tons in the National Defense Forces at that time could be called large, and even a larger defense navy could not be built.

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The performance of this aircraft carrier is certainly very eye-catching. But on the other hand, this aircraft carrier also seems to be a little bit unpleasant...

This is also impossible. After all, the performance of ships during this period was not particularly good. At the same time, the most important thing is the performance of carrier-based aircraft with the most important combat power of aircraft carriers.

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Although Army aircraft can also be used on aircraft carriers, the performance is still somewhat.

As we all know, the most important reason why aircraft carriers have such great power is that the carrier-based aircraft on these aircraft carriers. Without these carrier-based aircraft, relying solely on some of the defense weapons of the aircraft carrier itself, it is very likely that even a destroyer could not compare to it. Of course, a destroyer obviously has no way to deal with an aircraft carrier.

After all, this type of large ship is usually very resistant to beatings, and even if the small-caliber artillery of the destroyer is completely destroyed, it may not cause any fatal damage to an aircraft carrier. At that time, the torpedoes on the destroyer are threatening, but they must be hit hard before they can be useful, right?

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Some people have also proposed that aircraft carriers are equipped with some ship-based weapons, such as naval guns. After all, in the eyes of some people, if an aircraft carrier has such a large space, if some people don’t get some large-caliber weapons on board, it would be a waste of space above, right?

However, this proposal was rejected by Yan Shao. Because Yan Shao was very clear, that is, the mainstream aircraft carriers in later generations never equipped any anti-ship weapons on aircraft carriers.

Later Russians did this before, but that was because the Soviet Union's combat system was different from other countries. So even aircraft carriers had to go to the front line of anti-ship operations.

And even under this situation, after the end of the Cold War, the Russians still dismantled all anti-ship weapons on the existing aircraft carriers, making them a real aircraft carrier.

After all, after all, the most powerful anti-ship weapons on aircraft carriers are not anything else, but the carrier-based aircraft they carry?

Then, the question arises...

Since Yan Shao understands this, how could Yan Shao allow them to do so?

A 150mm? caliber naval gun or even a 210mm caliber naval gun? If you get these things on, you don’t know how much space it will be wasted.

Of course, Yan Shao is also a reasonable person, and Yan Shao accepted some of this proposal. However, in the end, they were all replaced with Gaoping dual-purpose naval guns, such as 30mm caliber machine guns, 75mm caliber Gaoping dual-purpose naval guns, and a series of other models. These are used for anti-ship combat, and of course, air defense operations, which is also the most important.

Anyway, when aircraft carriers are fighting, they usually have a large number of ships around them. Yan Shao didn't need to worry at all. The aircraft carriers would have the opportunity to fight against the enemy for bayonets.

In any case, Yan Shao's intervention still made some naval personnel feel that they were disturbed. However, Yan Shao's rights and status made them afraid to say anything more.

Under Yan Shao's strong promotion, in addition to the initial aircraft carrier for testing, another aircraft carrier soon started construction in 2018, the year when the First World War ended. Under Yan Shao's supervision, it is now close to launching.

This aircraft carrier will be the first real aircraft carrier.

Not only does it have the standard equipment for aircraft carriers such as full direct deck, it also has an unprecedented displacement of about 10,000 tons. In addition, there is also an island on the aircraft carrier, which was standard equipment in later generations, but not in this era.

The aircraft carrier itself is also equipped with a large number of air defense weapons, ensuring that it can have great air defense capabilities against the enemy at any time...

All of this made this aircraft carrier the most advanced aircraft carrier of this period.

If you have to say that there is any shortcomings, it is that the carrier-based aircraft carried by this aircraft carrier is poor in performance.

Moreover, due to the backward communication methods, if these planes really fly out, there is a high chance that they may not be able to return home.

And at least at this stage, there are relatively few pilots who can control carrier-based aircraft in the navy. It is not about taking off, but landing. After all, what they want to land is some ships that keep bumping back and forth on the sea, rather than airports on land. That one is easy to land. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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